It's not that often that Hugh Jackman gets a role speaking in his native Australian English, so while working on the upcoming sci-fi thriller "Chappie" he had to get reacquainted with the dialect. The 46-year old Tony Award winner told The...

It's good to be Katniss Everdeen... and Mystique: Jennifer Lawrence has officially been named this year's most bankable box office star.
The Oscar winner earned Forbes' lofty title of highest-grossing film star of the year thanks to her genre...

In a soundstage on a particularly desolate patch of Long Island, Allison Williams is dangling in the dark from a 25-foot harness. The "Girls" star floats stealthily above a brightly lighted bedroom where a make-believe family belts out the...

Hugh Jackman made a stunning return to Broadway with a mesmerizing performance in award-winning playwright Jez Butterworth's new drama 'The River.'Set in a remote cabin, the three-person play that opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre on Sunday for a...

Family and friends bid farewell on Sunday to Joan Rivers, the outspoken comedian who became famous around the world for her acerbic wit and brash style, at a private funeral sprinkled with jokes, laughter and songs. Journalists Barbara Walters and Diane...

Hugh Jackman's clawed hero Wolverine has the unenviable task of traveling back in time to try to save the world in Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Days of Future Past," and the final trailer finds him following in the grand movie tradition of...

Many of the obituaries and appreciations for Mickey Rooney pay deference to his diverse skills: singing, family comedies, musicals, dramas and even the movement to TV, all while being a serious box-office draw. As my colleague Kenneth Turan wrote, few now...

Not many superheroes can wallop bad guys and belt out a tune with equal aplomb, but Fox's "X-Men" franchise boasts just such a guy in Hugh Jackman, a.k.a. Wolverine.
The star of last summer's "The Wolverine" demonstrated his singing...

Rooney Mara looks to be headed to Neverland. The "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" lead is in negotiations to star as the tribal princess Tiger Lily in Warner Bros.' upcoming Peter Pan origin story "Pan," according to a Variety report.
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Wolverines are some of the nastiest creatures on the planet, making honey badgers look like golden retriever puppies. Actor Hugh Jackman is the opposite of a wolverine in terms of temperament, but when it comes to his workout regimen to prepare for his...

Compared with many other Hollywood A-listers, Hugh Jackman is an old China hand. The Aussie actor has had a string of hits on the mainland in recent years, including "Real Steel," "Les Miserables" and "Wolverine." And Uncle...

"I WONDERED why I wasn't more dead?"
That dry remark comes from Mark Watney, stranded astronaut, within the first few pages of a hugely entertaining novel, "The Martian," written by Andy Weir.
THIS BOOK, a first novel, was originally...

A man adrift at sea. A woman adrift in space. And a young girl all by herself in the desert.
If there's a theme at this weekend's Telluride Film Festival, it's that solo travel may have its benefits but also carries more than a few risks.
Colorado's...

NEW YORK — The twisty, suspenseful "Prisoners" is full of thrills, but none more enduring than the way stars Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal ignite against one another. This particular feat of casting leaves audiences wondering why it hasn't...

It's been a long road to the big screen for Aaron Guzikowski's script "Prisoners," which landed on the "Black List" of the best unproduced screenplays of the year, back in 2009.
After seeing a slew of leading men (such as Mark...

This past weekend, Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi pic "Elysium" opened to $30.5 million. Though it won the weekend, it was an unremarkable number -- and that's what made it so remarkable."Elysium" might have been expected to jump up a lot...

Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult have the rumor mill churning with dating stories now that they've been spotted together again.
These "X-Men" stars can't seem to stay exes.
On Tuesday, the Oscar-winning actress and her "X-Men"...